{"id":3144,"date":"2020-02-16T14:10:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-16T10:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/104.152.168.11\/~globalwomens\/?p=3144"},"modified":"2020-03-12T10:56:02","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T06:56:02","slug":"world-bank-group-launches-initiatives-supporting-women-entrepreneurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalwomensforumdubai.com\/2020\/media-centre\/world-bank-group-launches-initiatives-supporting-women-entrepreneurs\/","title":{"rendered":"World Bank Group Launches Initiatives Supporting Women Entrepreneurs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>DUBAI, February 16, 2020 <\/strong>\u2014 The World Bank Group announced two new initiatives to improve access to start-up financing and e-commerce markets for women entrepreneurs, at the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi) Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Summit held on the sidelines of Global Women\u2019s Forum Dubai 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cStarting and growing a business is one of the most powerful tools for women to overcome poverty and build better lives for themselves, their families, and their communities<\/em>,\u201d said <strong>David Malpass, World Bank Group President<\/strong>. \u201c<em>Removing regulatory barriers along with obstacles to access to finance and markets can give women-led businesses the opportunity to succeed<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We-Fi, housed at the World Bank, has so far allocated close to US$250 million to tackle challenges women entrepreneurs face in developing countries. The allocations aim to reach 114,000 women entrepreneurs. We-Fi is a powerful catalyst for additional investment, helping mobilize more than US$2.6 billion in additional public and private sector funds.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the We-Fi MENA Regional Summit, held during the Global Women\u2019s Forum Dubai 2020, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and We-Fi launched the ScaleX program to incentivize accelerators to support start-up businesses led by women. IFC research shows that women entrepreneurs in emerging markets face a daunting gender finance gap with only 11% of enterprises that actually attain seed funding being female-led.&nbsp; New research shows that despite women leading half the start-ups that participate in accelerators\u2014entities designed to train and support the development of start-ups to become investment ready\u2014they continue to face greatly unequal access to capital<em>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program will incentivize emerging markets accelerators to work with women-led businesses by providing performance-based payments of US$25,000 for every woman entrepreneur that raises US$1 million from investors in start-up funding<strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>We are launching the ScaleX program to help women entrepreneurs in emerging markets to access funding at a crucial stage to grow their businesses,\u201d said <\/em><strong><em>S\u00e9rgio Pimenta, IFC Regional Vice President for the Middle East and Africa.<\/em><\/strong><em> \u201cThis is a win-win for accelerators, investors, and women entrepreneurs.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The World Bank and UPS also announced today a new partnership to help women entrepreneurs in the Middle East and North Africa region to grow their businesses by assisting them in successfully leveraging e-commerce platforms.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cBy making e-commerce platforms more accessible, this partnership addresses a key constraint faced by women business leaders in reaching new markets,\u201d said&nbsp;<\/em><strong><em>Ferid Belhaj, World Bank MENA Vice President<\/em><\/strong><em>. \u201cE-commerce platforms create opportunities, and we must ensure these opportunities are open to women-owned businesses across the region.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UPS will provide e-learning modules on different e-commerce topics to help women-owned and women-led small and medium enterprises seeking to expand their businesses across borders. The project will support an estimated 750 women entrepreneurs and will train a cadre of e-commerce advisors in each country who can provide tailored assistance and coaching to businesses. The partnership will work with entrepreneurs in Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, and Tunisia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We-Fi has made allocations to programs being implemented by the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank. the Islamic Development Bank, and the World Bank Group. The World Bank and IFC We-Fi programs (US$75 million in allocations) are working with private and public partners in 24 countries via 27 investment and advisory projects to enable women entrepreneurs to access finance and markets and amplify those efforts with global research, partnerships, and policy advocacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Global Women&#8217;s Forum Dubai (GWFD) 2020 offers a global platform to discuss improved policies and foster partnerships that further women\u2019s positive impact across four key areas: government, economy, society, and future. 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